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Completed - FRENCH - Historical, Thriller - 84 minutes

Log Line

The true story of the ultimate confrontation that saved Paris from destruction.

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Volker SCHLÖNDORFF
Writer(s) : Volker SCHLÖNDORFF, Cyril GELY
Cast : Niels ARESTRUP, André DUSSOLIER

Producer(s) : Marc DE BAYSER, Frank LE WITA

Synopsis

August 25th, 1944. The Allies enter Paris. Warsaw has been destroyed three weeks earlier by the Germans.
Shortly before dawn, Dietrich von Choltitz (Niels Arestrup), German military governor of Paris, prepares to execute Adolph Hitler’s orders to blow up the French capital. Bridges and monuments are all rigged to explode.
And yet, Paris is not destroyed. For what reasons did von Choltitz refuse to carry out the Fuhrer’s commands, despite his boundless loyalty to the Third Reich?
Was it Raoul Nordling (André Dussollier), Swedish consul-general to Paris, who made the General change his mind?

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

AUSTRIA Aug 28, 2014 THIMFILM GMBH
BELGIUM LUMIÈRE (GHENT)
CANADA MÉTROPOLE FILMS
CZECH REPU Apr 09, 2015 FILM EUROPE (CZ
DENMARK MIS. LABEL APS
DENMARK Oct 16, 2014 UIP
FINLAND CINEMA MONDO
FRANCE DOGMA FILMS
GERMANY KOCH FILMS GMBH
HUNGARY MOZINET LTD.
ITALY ACADEMY TWO
NETHERLAND Apr 24, 2014 LUMIÈRE (AMSTER
NORWAY Apr 24, 2015 EVIL DOGHOUSE S
SLOVAKIA Apr 16, 2015 FILM EUROPE (SL
SPAIN Nov 14, 2014 A CONTRACORRIEN
SWEDEN Sep 19, 2014 ATLANTIC FILM A
SWITZERLAN JMH DISTRIBUTIO
UNITED KIN Nov 14, 2014 STUDIOCANAL (UK
USA FILM FORUM


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Festivals and Awards

Valladolid IFF 2014 - Official Section (Best Director)


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